Author Topic: !!!My First Milsurp!!! (Read 629 times)

catblaster.375 · « **on:** October 22, 2004, 07:54:09 PM »

I went to the shop today and bought a Exelent condition Yugo 59/66 SKS in the cosmoline! It's barrel is threaded into the reciever and is made of all milled steel. After 4 hours I managed to strip all the cosmo off the stripped down barrel and reciever, and oiled it up and cleaned the bore to a mirror-hey at least I did a good job even though it took me a long time! I was using the brake cleaner the guy at the shop suggested for the removale of the cosmo. So I probably got at least 4 hours more to go tomarrow. But i am having fun getting to know my gun. These things are realy neat. I have enjoyed looking at the Yugoslavian log book thet came with. That bayonet will come in handy for nutria hunting, marshmelo roasting, and if I run out of ammo. I don't know about the grenade launcher yet. I will try to post back in a few day with a blasting report with this great firearm.

1911crazy · « **Reply #1 on:** October 22, 2004, 11:33:51 PM »

Congrats on your first sks purchase and welcome to the forum here and the world of military surplus guns as you will find out soon there a hoot to shoot!!!!!

Make sure you clean out the gas tube very clean if you shoot it with cosmo still in the gas system it will try to glue the piston to the tube. Its not disaster to repair but when it can be avoided it should be less hassle just to clean it good before shooting it. And take apart the firing pin out of the bolt this is why so many slam fires occur because people will wash it and think it ok because its free but there is a dump truck load of crud still in the firing pin bore that can lock the pin up at anytime and cause slam fires and full auto mode which isn't a good thing to have happen. I like to put the bolt between two pieces of wood with a space between them so that little square of the loc pin can come out when we drive the round pin side out then the firing pin can come out of the bolt. Just wait till you see how much crud is in the bolt. Please do it right and clean it so your safe to use the weapon these guns are getting a bad rap because of their slam firing which is caused by not cleaning it properly.

Now lets get down to business on your Yugo 59/66 now that you have it all cleaned have you deceided what lube your going to use in it? I prefer a moly based anti-seize or you can get by with a quality gun grease too inside the reciever and on the bolt carrier and bolt. I like to put just a little inside the gas tube too this is where the moly excells it can take the heat and keep on lubing/ticking!! I like to put some lude on the inside of the bolt carrier cover too. I like to moly up the trigger group too its the cheapest trigger job you'll ever do. Just lubing it with moly makes a world of difference in the trigger and thats on any gun too.
Enjoy your new FUN gun!!!

BigBill

The moly will reduce all friction, wear and galling the gun will outlast our lifetimes for sure!!!!!!

I'm am still very surprised how well these sks's shoot the reliability and dependablility is unmatched its probably the most bang for our buck we will ever get.

WARNING: After buying one surplus military gun some tend to get a disease after shooting it and realizing how much fun they can be. Then tend to drain bank accounts, spend their paychecks and all their mad money to buy more once they realize how much fun they are. Just beware if it happens feel free to talk to us here for there are many of us here who have this disease too. It just seems to happen with any surplus gun too wether its bolt actions or semi auto's and just the smell of cosmoline can make us go over the edge and hock the farm to buy more just becareful!!!!!!! "kidding" But i'm broke all the time very happy but broke and i thank god the misses handles the money for if she didn't I'd be sleeping in a cardboard box with my surplus guns.

RB Rooson · « **Reply #2 on:** October 23, 2004, 06:18:28 AM »

Again, Congratulations on your 1st (of many, maybe.....) Milsurp!

Having shot everything but Milsurp up to about 3 years ago, I am surprised how much fun it turned out to be.......every rifle is it's own little history lesson!

Again, Congrats........!

GhostHunter · « **Reply #3 on:** October 23, 2004, 01:52:49 PM »

Those bayonets may not be good for a whole lot, but I have one of the spike type on mine. I swing it down and stick it in the ground when I am practicing in the prone position. It makes a really steady rifle rest!

kevin.303 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 23, 2004, 07:48:30 PM »

how heavy was the cosmo? some folks say you should bake the stock in the oven to "sweat" out any cosmoline the has absorbed. a buddy did this when he bought his norinco M-14. any off you guys know exactly how do do this and when it's neccessary?

SBF · « **Reply #5 on:** October 26, 2004, 06:46:14 AM »

Quote from: kevin.303

how heavy was the cosmo? some folks say you should bake the stock in the oven to "sweat" out any cosmoline the has absorbed. a buddy did this when he bought his norinco M-14. any off you guys know exactly how do do this and when it's neccessary?

There are a few different methods that I have used and a few I haven't. You can use your oven (if your wife will let you

) on some of the smaller pieces. My oven isn't large enough for a rifle stock but I have baked a few other pieces in there. Makesure you put some foil down below to catch the residue and it may smoke a little. Keep your temps down, under 200F IIRC. I have since made a mini-oven myself using some 6" diameter pieces of A/C ducting and a small space heater with a fan. I put newspaper or paper towels in the tube, insert the stock and then put a small heater with a fan in front of the tube. It takes a little longer but it will work. I pull the stock out every hour or so and wipe it off. It has the added benefit of warming up my basement/workshop in the winter as well

. In the summer/sunnier days you can put the stock in a large black plastic bag and set it out in the sun. Again, use some newspaper or paper towels inside to soak up the cosmo. For smaller pieces and some metal parts I'll use my heat gun on a low setting to leech the cosmo out. Just make sure you are careful not to heat it too hot for too long or you could leave a burn mark on the wood. Wipe it off often.

I'm sure others will have additional ideas.

1911crazy · « **Reply #6 on:** October 26, 2004, 08:29:18 AM »

I just recieved a new yugo m59 from samco and i disassembled it and washed the stock with alcohol three times to get it clean and now it seems to feel ok and there's no cosmo in it. But i have one older stock that just bleeds and bleeds cosmo no matter what i do with it so i may try the black garbage bag in the hot sun in the hot treatment. BigBill

DWARREN123 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 28, 2004, 04:47:26 AM »

Try using oven cleaner, it will remove almost anything from a stock. Be careful and follow directions for safety.

Stan in SC · « **Reply #8 on:** November 28, 2004, 03:29:38 PM »

I know a lot of people swear by Easy Off but it will in the long run be very detrimental to your wood as it soaks in and begins to dissolve the cellulose fibers.